A number of vehicles have become trapped in floodwater overnight as schools have been forced to close in parts of Birmingham

A driver was rescued from their car after it became trapped in flood water

Standing water on the motorway left motorists stuck

Both carriageways are expected to remain closed for a number of hours while crews pump water away.

Heavy downpours have started across Birmingham after the Met Office issued amber alert, its second-highest alert level, with flooding and transport disruption 'likely'

There are multiple flood warnings in place across the midlands after heavy downpours have left large swathes of the region waterlogged or already submerged

Many properties remain on evacuation alert in the Grand Forks area Thursday due to a wildfire just across the U.S. border, though conditions overnight were favourable to decreasing fire behaviour. 

Many properties remain on evacuation alert in the Grand Forks area Thursday due to a wildfire just across the U.S. border, though conditions overnight were favourable to decreasing fire behaviour. 

An Evacuation Order has been issued by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary for the Grand Forks area because of the Goosmus Wildfire.

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Wildfire officials say an evacuation order for the B.C. southern Interior town of Grand Forks, has been downgraded to an alert, even as an out-of-control wildfire in Washington state surges north and threatens to cross the border.

A large plume of smoke is highly visible to residents of the Grand Forks area Wednesday afternoon.